trillion
noun
tril·lion
ˈtri(l)-yən 
1
: a number equal to 1,000 times one billion see Table of Numbers
2
: an indeterminately large number
a trillion mosquitoes out tonight
trillion
adjective
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Every day, as sunlight streams into your eyes, trillions of tiny clocks in your cells reset.
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Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
With some analysts forecasting that AI spending will reach into the trillions of dollars by the end of the decade, the boom is boosting excitement about economic advancement and the future of technology while simultaneously raising concerns about privacy, safety and job security.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
Encourage experimentation and entrepreneurship During two decades of the Internet Supercycle (1998-2018), start-ups created trillions of dollars in economic value and roughly half of all new jobs in OECD countries.
—Justin Hotard, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
By 2010, the International Telecommunications Union reported trillions of messages sent yearly, turning SMS into a global cultural habit that shaped abbreviations like LOL and BRB.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
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Veronique Greenwood, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
With some analysts forecasting that AI spending will reach into the trillions of dollars by the end of the decade, the boom is boosting excitement about economic advancement and the future of technology while simultaneously raising concerns about privacy, safety and job security.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
Encourage experimentation and entrepreneurship During two decades of the Internet Supercycle (1998-2018), start-ups created trillions of dollars in economic value and roughly half of all new jobs in OECD countries.
—Justin Hotard, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025
By 2010, the International Telecommunications Union reported trillions of messages sent yearly, turning SMS into a global cultural habit that shaped abbreviations like LOL and BRB.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Trillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trillion. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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